“The first step to Happiness is deciding exactly what kind of life you want. That kinda comes from experience.”

“The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want. ”

“The first step to getting the tings you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.”

“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this; decide what you want.”

“When you can look a thing dead in the eye, acknowledge that it exists, call it exactly what it is, and decide what role it will take in your life then, my Beloved, you have taken the first step toward your freedom.”

“Life is a blank book. Write about what you want to see happen and then step back – and experience what you’ve written.”

“Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths... The first kind, they show you life like you want it to be. With villains getting what they deserve and the hero seeing what a fool he's been and marrying the heroine and happy endings and all that... But the second kind, they show you life more like it is... The first kind makes you cheerful and contented, but the second kind shakes you up.”